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      Title: Gumdrop Cookies/christmas Cookbook
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 servings
 
      2 c  Packed brown sugar
      1 c  Shortening
    1/2 c  Buttermilk or water
      2    Eggs
  3 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
      1 ts Baking soda
      1 ts Salt
      3 c  Cut-up gumdrops; (3 to 4)
 
  Recipe by: CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK
     Mix brown sugar, shortening, buttermilk and eggs. Stir in flour, baking
  soda, salt and gumdrops. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Heat oven
  to 400 degrees. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2" apart onto
  ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until almost no indentation remains when
  touched, 8-10 min. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Note: Scissors,
  dipped occasionally into hot water, cut gumdrops easily.
 
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